I want to talk about source patching and track targeting.And these are two ways that control whatspecific track an action happens on in the timeline.It's easy to confuse the two, so Iwant to talk about both and really differentiate them.Here I am in Premiere Pro.I want to zoom in so we can get a closer look at what I'm talking about.This area here is what's known as source patching.And it only becomes available when there's something open in the source viewer.

And I'll show you that in one second.But that does help you remember exactly what it does, whichis patch the source to where it goes on the timeline.That's different to the button that's under the V number, whichis toggling the track itself for being targeted and not being targeted.So this is where things like if I doa copy-paste, track targeting designates where that paste takes place.But when I do an edit such as an insert oran overwrite from the source viewer, that's determined by the patching.

Let's open something in the source viewer, so wecan really see what the patching is all about.As you can see, I now have something open in the source viewer.And the result of that is that Iget corresponding labels down here in my patch area.So let me just give us a little more room,so we can see, and you see that these are new.V1 and A1, and they are determined by whatever is open inthe Source Viewer, so I didn't see them when nothing was open.

And if I had something with a lot of multiple audio tracks,I would see separate patches for each one of the audio tracks.So, wherever I place these patches is wherean overwrite or an insert edit would take place.Now, in this project I've designated V2 as the B roll, so if Iwas cutting in a new piece of B roll, I would move V1 to patch.And now I'm sending V1 from the source to V2.I'm going to go down to the very end of the timeline, so we can see this.It would certainly work, replacing a cover shot.But I think it's just going to be visually clearer here.And now, if I use either Overwrite or Insert, I've correctly patched V1to V2, and A1 to A1, and that determines exactly where these land.If I undo, because really A1 is dedicated tovoice here and my natural sounds are down on A2.So if I made that mistake, I could move A1 downto A2, and now I've targeted V1 to V2, A1 to A2.If I repeat the Overwrite or the Insert, you seethat it has obeyed my commands in terms of patching.And just remember, it always relates to something being open in the source viewer.When I didn't have a source open at all, I didn't even see the patches.Targeting is different.It controls a lot of different commands that I might do on the timeline.And I think the easiest one to understand is simply copy and paste.

So, if I were to start by just copying an earlier clip.Let's maybe take this interview.And I'm going to go ahead and we could use the keyboard, but I'm just going to copy.And then I'm going to set as this is, my track target toV3 and just for kicks, why don't I target A3 down there.Now, again, I'm going to go to the end of the timeline just soyou can see a clear view of this, and now I'm going to paste.You can see that although I originally copied from V1 and A1,because of the track targeting, my paste took these to V3 and A3.

Now, as I said, patching is only for the insert and overwriteedits for the source, but targeting works in a lot of ways.It works for a paste command.It also works for things like Match Frame and Mark Clip.These are single commands that we'll look at that are determined by whereyou are in the timeline, but they're also determined by what is being tracked.So, for instance, if I'm looking to use, let's say, X to mark clip.And I don't have either of these clips on an active track.You see, they're not targeted.My X command actually targeted all the way down herefor the music and I marked almost the entire thing.

Then if I've got something on V2, and I useX to mark clip, then I just mark this particular clip.But without the track being targeted, it doesn't look at that track.It keeps looking until it finds a targeted one, which in some caseswould be, you know, the music down here or something along those lines.Just keep in mind with Patching and Targeting, Patching isonly for sources in the Source Viewer, Insert and Overwrite edits.Whereas Targeting controls a good many things onthe timeline, including Mark Clip, including Pasting, includingMatch Frame, and many different timeline based activitiesthat will only work on a targeted track.

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6/25/2014

The Timeline is the heart of the Adobe Premiere Pro editing environment. It is where we make our most crucial editorial decisions and where we keep all of our finishing steps organized. This course focuses on making the most of the Timeline during all phases of the editing process. Premiere Pro Guru Jason Osder will help you master navigating, marking, and adding new content to the timeline, as well as controlling your tracks better with keyboard shortcuts and features like snapping, locking, linking, and labeling. Plus, learn to make more precise edits and save time with track presets.